American journalist, educator, and vice chair of the Creative Commons advisory council
Education
University of California, Berkeley (BA, MJ)
Paris-Sorbonne University (MA)
San Jose State University (MA)
Professional experience
Esther is famous for three things: teaching a high school class that has changed the lives of thousands of kids, inspiring Silicon Valley legends like Steve Jobs, and raising three daughters who have each become famously successful.
Esther is a leading American educator and journalist. Mother of YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki, Fulbright scholar Janet Wojcicki, and 23&Me founder Anne Wojcicki, as well as a teacher and mentor to James Franco and Lisa Brennan-Jobs, Esther is widely heralded as the most successful parent and educator in the United States.
Esther offers essential lessons for raising, educating, and managing people to their highest potential.
She is the author of Moonshots in Education and best seller How to Raise Successful People. She is co founder of Tract.app, an innovative way to empower students by gamifying education using a peer to peer model.
She also has a partnership with UC Berkeley Engineering using her pedagogy to teach engineering skills.